Labour doing right wing things to chase votes they'll never win, that they don't need, for an election 3.5 years away. So grim. That middle paragraph is horrific from anyone, let alone a "Labour" government.

THE NEXT ELECTION IS THREE AND A HALF YEARS AWAY! Just govern.

Why isn't this called Sabbath Ballet Sabbath?

Reeves says we should abolish the royalty and tax billionaires. Cool!

We need your land for cheap or else the builder won’t have a job 🥹

Enjoying that this photo includes a row of tulips

Replaced most of my social media time with Balatro. 10/10. Strongly recommend.

Oh. Those useless English degrees. Who needs the arts?

I didn't have Brian May down as being such a fan of smut books.

Finished this in a couple of days. First book I’ve been able to focus on for months Really really good. A very strong recommend.

Go buy this. I've just got it. No idea what for yet, but it's going to be full of inspiration!

My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post: bsky.app/profile/nsou...

Nature is healing.

Learning English to a high standard is important, for example the meaning of “to volunteer”

Maybe one day Starmer will get the message that he'll never be racist enough for them, and trying to meet them in the middle is both immoral and pointless. One day. Maybe.

If you woke up from a coma today and saw a load of St George's flags half way up lampposts you'd assume the king had died.

Properly lovely hour spent with @gralefrit.bsky.social analysing Wallace and Gromit. Like listening to your two smartest mates chat about something ace. And some of my favourite podcast auto-insterted ads ever. I'm confident that listeners of this are very likely to join the British Army 😂

One of the best bits ever www.youtube.com/shorts/NfvkE...

Another day of living in 2025 Britain that makes me think I really should buy the scream muffler.

Think I'm going to have to join the Greens. @zackpolanski.bsky.social has said what Starmer should have months ago. See the speech I wrote him on 17th July.

Me mind cannot wrap around the physics of this art

Only working people get a say in how the neighbourhood fund is spent. My daughter? Nope. My disabled wife? Nope. Just me, the working person. Choosing what's right for me. Thanks PM.

here's Starmer's waffle in the Telegraph today. Thanks to my local library, I didn't pay for it.

STOP SAYING PATRIOT YOU MUPPET. still, I guess 4800/7000 mocking him is probably a lower % than most polls at the moment, so maybe he's found his real audience.

The B&Q website has 19,551 white paints. An absolute success of a website.

An evergreen post:

I'd bet my mortgage that this guy moans about virtue signalling all the time.

I see he's still chosen to not pull the switch.

"Doctor required in inflation room"

Flags spreading closer to my house. Really wish I wasn't living in the pre-credits sequence.

Giving extremists what they want is famously a winning tactic. They'll definitely go "oh thanks for fixing our problem, we're done now". Definitely won't go "ah cool, more please, or else."

I’m always a bit behind the curve on gaming. Just finished Carrion (2020). Awesome. Very cool retro vibes, but modern control. You play a monster escaping. Platform/puzzley, but lots of action and stealth too. Strong recommend.

Absolutely harrowing to imagine the thoughts that happened inside this gladiator helmet 2000 years ago.

Bring Me the Horizion on the right side of history here. Poignant song choice too.

I've found a t-shirt with the labour party motto on:

No "industry research" required - just sit at a desk and have a little think for a few minutes. It's absolutely obvious. I'm regularly baffled by the world.

Random Morning Grumble: I loathe the entire concept of "cringe". Self-policing yourself because of what other people might think is a fool's game. Love what you love, be who you are, if other people are embarrassed by it, that's their problem, not yours.

It's that day again. Didn't we just have one of these? Try to have a good one!

Lomochrome Purple film is tricky to scan, but here are some fun pics taken at @nationaltrust.org.uk Avebury yesterday on my Yashica A medium format camera! The first one is a 3-in-1 layered image 📸🪨

"people are annoyed we're still using X, where shall we write instead?" "How about the Sun?" 🤦🏻

Faith No More are the best band ever.

Good video art in a gallery! Turns out all you need is 7 screens and surround sound and I'm in.

Nominative determinism.

Zuck and Bezos combining to correctly identify that yes, I do in fact need a box to dampen my screams. Essential equipment for anyone with a soul in 2025 Britain.

Essential to thrive at university: Skibidi toilet battle bucket.

Imagine how angry you'd be if the Tories or Farage signed this deal. Be that angry now.

If this was in the pre-credits sequence of a dystopian film you'd call it lazy cliche writing.

One advantage of using a VPN all the time now is that the adverts are all in Dutch/danish/etc, so I'm less likely to be influenced to buy random stuff. Thanks UK government. Way to destroy growth.